"C'mere!"
"C'mere, look at this!"
The voice of our son-in-law,
standing outside the opposite
end of the calf nursery, had an
excited urgency. Hustling to the
opposite end of the little bam, I
noticed his gaze fastened on
something in the distance. My
eyes followed the direction in
which his were followed the
directions in which his were
focused, but the object of atten
tions wasn't immediately obvi
ous.
"Is that the bear?'
Then I saw the small, trotting
black body, on the north-facing
slope of the ridge beyond the
meadow pasture. The black ani
mal was headed downhill,cross
ing from one to the com fields
onto the filed road which slices
upwards at an angle across the
hillside of contoured strips of
hay, com, and soybeans.
11l get the glasses, "I Said,
turning tame to the house. And
nearly.smashed into our daugh
ter, bdby Caleb strapped on her
and field glass
es already in her hands.
Bears have been big news
around here after at least one or
two have begun moving through
southern York County.
Apparently they've begun
exploring territory beyond
northern Maryland, where bear
sightings have been reported for
the past few years. My initial
reaction to the bear tales in our
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neighborhood were that some
one had jumped to some erro
neous conclusions over some
thing else, probably a dog travel
ing through.
Except that the reports were
being made by too many people
with too much experience about
wildlife. Then, friends related
seeing photos of the visiting
backyard bears. And, the bear(s)
reported whereabouts had put it
very close to the farm, calculat
ing the eyewitness locations
where the bruin had been spot
ted. To get from this place to
that place, if it was the-same
bear, the errant animals would
have had to pass just on the
opposite side of the interstate
highway from us.
Having ever only seen one
real wild bear in my life and
that near the hunting camp my
fascination with the visitor was
‘growing. And, what could possi
bly induce a bear to be roaming
around our fairly-heavily popu
lated parfof York County, taking
its chances with lots of people
and an ever-growing horde of
cars on the numerous roads
criss-crossing the area?
Garbage. That's what.
Or, just bear-food in general,
garbage being only one handy
possibility for finding goodies
around this peopled part of the
country. There are also lots of
fresh berries around the woods
and fence rows right now,
enough to keep a hungry bear
busy nibbling for at least of cou
ple of more weeks. Ib say noth
ing of us bird and squirrel fans
who keep feeders stuffed with
tasty seeds.
Folks who live in more-rural
parts of the state, plagued with
bears ripping up garbage bags,
destroying feeders, and flatten
ing large sections of cornfields,
probably will get a chuckle out
of us relative urbanites and the
excitement stirred by the
appearance of a bear. Most of us
who live in heavily-populated
areas see our bears in zoos, on
videos, movies, and the
Discovery Channel of cable Lest
we forget, bears passing through
here are still wild animals, and
not dancing teddy-cartoons out
of a Disney film.
It brings-to mind the experi
ence of friends who began feed
ing a bear at their mountain
hunting cabin, encouraging the
bruin's visits to their retreat.
Then came the morning when
they were frying bacon for
breakfast near a screened
kitchen window. The bear
attempted to join them, trashing
the window screen in the
process.
Frankly, I never thought I'd
be writing about a bear in the
backyard.
And actually I'm not, A quick
glance in the binoculars
revealed a long, wagging tail on
the black blob. Just a neighbor
hood black labrador retriever,
inhaling the enticing fragrance
of goundogs in the field.
Our bear fact turned out to be
a false alarm.
Wherever that northbound
bear is headed, we wish it good
luck and a reminder to look both
ways before crossing highways.
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“Most counselors do not come
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who are dying, nor are they pre
pared to face the reality of client
death,” says Dr. Brandon B. Hunt,
assistant professor of counselor
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“Working with clients with se
vere disabilities increases the odds
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perience the death of a client,”
Hunt notes. “Moreover, the longer
counselors work in the field, the
greater the odds that they will ex
perience client death. Unfortun
ately, the training of rehabilitation
counselors to deal with such loss
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Hunt, a faculty member in Penn
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Rehabilitation Counseling at the
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Client Death,” which appeared in
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bilitation Education.
The researchers surveyed 160
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ing students about client death.
Results revealed that 31 percent of.
the students would (Refer not to
work with dying clients. 83 per
cent thought death and dying
training was needed for rehabilita
tion counselors and 34 percent had
experienced the death of between
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“Of the students we surveyed,
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workshops, hospice training and
on-the-job training that deal with
death, dying and bereavement is
sues." Hunt says. “While they
may not constitute separate cours
es themselves, grief and loss is
sues can be incorporated into a
variety of existing courses."
For instance, topics such as eu
thanasia, a right to hospice and
other services, and rational suicide
(the deliberate decision to end life
while still functioning) can be ad
dressed in a course on legal and
ethical issues in the field of reha
bilitation. Grief and loss, as well
as adjustment to a terminal or life
threatening illness or disability,
can be coveted in a course focus
ing on the medical and psycho
social aspects of counseling the
disabled or terminally ill.
“Faculty and students in coun
seling programs should be encour
aged to talk about their own ex
periences with client death, as
well as strategies that helped them
adjust to the loss,” Hunt says.
“This can help all counselors de
velop their own strategies for cop
ing with client death, including
talking to colleagues, and super
visors, taking time to grieve for
the clients, reducing one’s case
load for a period of time if needed
and going to counseling them
selves if necessary.”
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search document that the majority
of rehabilitation counselors will
experience the death of a client
during their careers,” she notes.
“Therefore, it is important to pro
vide students with opportunities to
explore their thoughts and feelings
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clients who are dying or people
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